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What we say vs. what we mean

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  • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

    I'm using the joke symbol, but this is so painfully accurate it can't really be considered a joke :laugh:

    What we say

    What we mean

    Horrible hack

    Horrible hack that I didn't write

    Temporary workaround

    Horrible hack that I wrote

    It's broken

    There are bugs in your code

    It has a few issues

    There are bugs in my code

    Obscure

    Someone else's code doesn't have comments

    Self documenting

    My code doesn't have comments

    That's why it's an awesome language

    It's my favorite language and it's really easy to do something in it

    You're thinking in the wrong mindset

    It's my favorite language and it's really hard to do something in it

    I can read this Perl script

    I wrote this Perl script

    I can't read this Perl script

    I didn't write this Perl script

    Bad structure

    Someone else's code is badly organized

    Complex structure

    My code is badly organized

    Bug

    The absence of a feature I like

    Out of scope

    The absence of a feature I don't like

    Clean solution

    It works and I understand it

    We need to rewrite it

    It works but I don't understand it

    emacs is better than vi

    It's too peaceful here, let's start a flame war

    vi is better than emacs

    It's too peaceful here, let's start a flame war

    IMHO

    You are wrong

    Legacy code

    It works. but no one knows how

    ^X^Cquit^\[ESC][ESC]^C

    I don't know how to quit vi

    Best, Sander Azure DevOps Succinctly (free eBook) Azure Serverless Succinctly (free eBook) Migrating Apps to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript

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    Nelek
    wrote on last edited by
    #2

    Too true... :laugh: :laugh: :sigh: :sigh:

    M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

      I'm using the joke symbol, but this is so painfully accurate it can't really be considered a joke :laugh:

      What we say

      What we mean

      Horrible hack

      Horrible hack that I didn't write

      Temporary workaround

      Horrible hack that I wrote

      It's broken

      There are bugs in your code

      It has a few issues

      There are bugs in my code

      Obscure

      Someone else's code doesn't have comments

      Self documenting

      My code doesn't have comments

      That's why it's an awesome language

      It's my favorite language and it's really easy to do something in it

      You're thinking in the wrong mindset

      It's my favorite language and it's really hard to do something in it

      I can read this Perl script

      I wrote this Perl script

      I can't read this Perl script

      I didn't write this Perl script

      Bad structure

      Someone else's code is badly organized

      Complex structure

      My code is badly organized

      Bug

      The absence of a feature I like

      Out of scope

      The absence of a feature I don't like

      Clean solution

      It works and I understand it

      We need to rewrite it

      It works but I don't understand it

      emacs is better than vi

      It's too peaceful here, let's start a flame war

      vi is better than emacs

      It's too peaceful here, let's start a flame war

      IMHO

      You are wrong

      Legacy code

      It works. but no one knows how

      ^X^Cquit^\[ESC][ESC]^C

      I don't know how to quit vi

      Best, Sander Azure DevOps Succinctly (free eBook) Azure Serverless Succinctly (free eBook) Migrating Apps to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript

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      Chris C B
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      #3

      Oh, if only you were joking ... :^)

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      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

        I'm using the joke symbol, but this is so painfully accurate it can't really be considered a joke :laugh:

        What we say

        What we mean

        Horrible hack

        Horrible hack that I didn't write

        Temporary workaround

        Horrible hack that I wrote

        It's broken

        There are bugs in your code

        It has a few issues

        There are bugs in my code

        Obscure

        Someone else's code doesn't have comments

        Self documenting

        My code doesn't have comments

        That's why it's an awesome language

        It's my favorite language and it's really easy to do something in it

        You're thinking in the wrong mindset

        It's my favorite language and it's really hard to do something in it

        I can read this Perl script

        I wrote this Perl script

        I can't read this Perl script

        I didn't write this Perl script

        Bad structure

        Someone else's code is badly organized

        Complex structure

        My code is badly organized

        Bug

        The absence of a feature I like

        Out of scope

        The absence of a feature I don't like

        Clean solution

        It works and I understand it

        We need to rewrite it

        It works but I don't understand it

        emacs is better than vi

        It's too peaceful here, let's start a flame war

        vi is better than emacs

        It's too peaceful here, let's start a flame war

        IMHO

        You are wrong

        Legacy code

        It works. but no one knows how

        ^X^Cquit^\[ESC][ESC]^C

        I don't know how to quit vi

        Best, Sander Azure DevOps Succinctly (free eBook) Azure Serverless Succinctly (free eBook) Migrating Apps to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript

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        Ron Anders
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        #4

        Quote:

        ^X^Cquit^\[ESC][ESC]^C I don't know how to quit vi

        ROTFLMAO. :thumbsup:

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        • R Ron Anders

          Quote:

          ^X^Cquit^\[ESC][ESC]^C I don't know how to quit vi

          ROTFLMAO. :thumbsup:

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          Greg Utas
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          #5

          Recently I installed Linux and had to use vi to edit some files. I hadn't used the godforsaken thing in about 30 years but managed to do what was needed without hopelessly corrupting those files. I now believe in muscle memory, since it is the only explanation for how I could insert, replace, cut, and paste text and quit with or without committing the changes. :-D

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          • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

            Recently I installed Linux and had to use vi to edit some files. I hadn't used the godforsaken thing in about 30 years but managed to do what was needed without hopelessly corrupting those files. I now believe in muscle memory, since it is the only explanation for how I could insert, replace, cut, and paste text and quit with or without committing the changes. :-D

            Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
            The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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            Lost User
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            #6

            I suffered that pain a while back. I switched to Visual Studio Code which works in native Linux and Linux on WSL.

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              I suffered that pain a while back. I switched to Visual Studio Code which works in native Linux and Linux on WSL.

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              Greg Utas
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              #7

              In a Lounge post a couple of weeks ago, I asked about using Windows 10 to develop C++ for Linux. VS Code seemed to be a clear winner, so I'll likely switch to it someday. What's blocking me is builds, for which I use VS2017. For WSL, MS recommends CMake. That looks to be about as fun as vi, so you'd think MS would provide a tool for converting VS project files to CMake. Think again. :mad: But I did find a tool[^] that supposedly does it. What it generated seemed to do most of what was needed, but it failed on a shared properties file that controls various compiler and linker settings. So I'm stuck with VS2017 until this tool gets fixed or MS gets their act together. Porting to Linux isn't urgent, so I'd rather wait than struggle with CMake.

              Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
              The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

              <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
              <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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              • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                In a Lounge post a couple of weeks ago, I asked about using Windows 10 to develop C++ for Linux. VS Code seemed to be a clear winner, so I'll likely switch to it someday. What's blocking me is builds, for which I use VS2017. For WSL, MS recommends CMake. That looks to be about as fun as vi, so you'd think MS would provide a tool for converting VS project files to CMake. Think again. :mad: But I did find a tool[^] that supposedly does it. What it generated seemed to do most of what was needed, but it failed on a shared properties file that controls various compiler and linker settings. So I'm stuck with VS2017 until this tool gets fixed or MS gets their act together. Porting to Linux isn't urgent, so I'd rather wait than struggle with CMake.

                Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                Lost User
                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                I always use make in Linux (and WSL), even though it means creating Makefiles by hand.

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                • L Lost User

                  I always use make in Linux (and WSL), even though it means creating Makefiles by hand.

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                  David ONeil
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                  creating Makefiles by hand.

                  You are a God amongst men.

                  The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++

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                  • D David ONeil

                    Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                    creating Makefiles by hand.

                    You are a God amongst men.

                    The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++

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                    honey the codewitch
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    Really? Make is nasty but simple. I use it because I can't figure out CMake. They're easy to write if you can get over their use of whitespace, which i hate

                    Real programmers use butterflies

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                    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                      I'm using the joke symbol, but this is so painfully accurate it can't really be considered a joke :laugh:

                      What we say

                      What we mean

                      Horrible hack

                      Horrible hack that I didn't write

                      Temporary workaround

                      Horrible hack that I wrote

                      It's broken

                      There are bugs in your code

                      It has a few issues

                      There are bugs in my code

                      Obscure

                      Someone else's code doesn't have comments

                      Self documenting

                      My code doesn't have comments

                      That's why it's an awesome language

                      It's my favorite language and it's really easy to do something in it

                      You're thinking in the wrong mindset

                      It's my favorite language and it's really hard to do something in it

                      I can read this Perl script

                      I wrote this Perl script

                      I can't read this Perl script

                      I didn't write this Perl script

                      Bad structure

                      Someone else's code is badly organized

                      Complex structure

                      My code is badly organized

                      Bug

                      The absence of a feature I like

                      Out of scope

                      The absence of a feature I don't like

                      Clean solution

                      It works and I understand it

                      We need to rewrite it

                      It works but I don't understand it

                      emacs is better than vi

                      It's too peaceful here, let's start a flame war

                      vi is better than emacs

                      It's too peaceful here, let's start a flame war

                      IMHO

                      You are wrong

                      Legacy code

                      It works. but no one knows how

                      ^X^Cquit^\[ESC][ESC]^C

                      I don't know how to quit vi

                      Best, Sander Azure DevOps Succinctly (free eBook) Azure Serverless Succinctly (free eBook) Migrating Apps to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript

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                      obermd
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                      #11

                      That last one is me.

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                      • H honey the codewitch

                        Really? Make is nasty but simple. I use it because I can't figure out CMake. They're easy to write if you can get over their use of whitespace, which i hate

                        Real programmers use butterflies

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                        Greg Utas
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                        #12

                        Whitespace?! And you diss Python because it gives indentation significance? Why do people put up with this shite?

                        Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                        The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

                        <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
                        <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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                        • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                          Whitespace?! And you diss Python because it gives indentation significance? Why do people put up with this shite?

                          Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                          The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                          honey the codewitch
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                          Unfortunately because enough other people put up with it that it became the de facto standard. :~ X|

                          Real programmers use butterflies

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                            Unfortunately because enough other people put up with it that it became the de facto standard. :~ X|

                            Real programmers use butterflies

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                            Greg Utas
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #14

                            That's almost like Yogi Berra's quote, "No one goes there anymore. It's too crowded." :laugh:

                            Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                            The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

                            <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
                            <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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                            • D David ONeil

                              Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                              creating Makefiles by hand.

                              You are a God amongst men.

                              The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++

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                              Lost User
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                              #15

                              Thanks for the video, it came at an opportune time.

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                              • H honey the codewitch

                                Really? Make is nasty but simple. I use it because I can't figure out CMake. They're easy to write if you can get over their use of whitespace, which i hate

                                Real programmers use butterflies

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                                Lost User
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                                honey the codewitch wrote:

                                Make is nasty

                                No more so than many other products. I used it extensively in my working life, and found it had uses beyond simple software builds.

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                                  honey the codewitch wrote:

                                  Make is nasty

                                  No more so than many other products. I used it extensively in my working life, and found it had uses beyond simple software builds.

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                                  honey the codewitch
                                  wrote on last edited by
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                                  I'm mostly referring to the syntax, and it's about as bad as perl given that it has a smaller surface area. It makes bash look positively readable by comparison.

                                  Real programmers use butterflies

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                                    I always use make in Linux (and WSL), even though it means creating Makefiles by hand.

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                                    KateAshman
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                                    Me too! .. mostly because it worked well for me in 2003 and googling a makefile takes about 2 minutes, so why change?

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                                    • H honey the codewitch

                                      I'm mostly referring to the syntax, and it's about as bad as perl given that it has a smaller surface area. It makes bash look positively readable by comparison.

                                      Real programmers use butterflies

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                                      Lost User
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                                      Any syntax is 'bad' until you learn it. C, C++, Java, Smalltalk, even COBOL ...

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                                        Any syntax is 'bad' until you learn it. C, C++, Java, Smalltalk, even COBOL ...

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                                        honey the codewitch
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                                        I mean specifically bad as in poorly designed. Not all syntax is created equal despite your implication to the contrary. Significant whitespace is nonsense, for example, both from a parsing standpoint, and from a usability standpoint. Technically speaking it's Broken As Designed. Same with things that cannot easily be remembered by way mnemonic or anything like that. Make is littered with that. Just like code can be readable and unreadable, so can syntax. A grammar can be well designed, or it can be designed poorly. C# is an example of a well designed grammar. Make is an example of a poorly designed grammar. It is what it is.

                                        Real programmers use butterflies

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                                        • H honey the codewitch

                                          I mean specifically bad as in poorly designed. Not all syntax is created equal despite your implication to the contrary. Significant whitespace is nonsense, for example, both from a parsing standpoint, and from a usability standpoint. Technically speaking it's Broken As Designed. Same with things that cannot easily be remembered by way mnemonic or anything like that. Make is littered with that. Just like code can be readable and unreadable, so can syntax. A grammar can be well designed, or it can be designed poorly. C# is an example of a well designed grammar. Make is an example of a poorly designed grammar. It is what it is.

                                          Real programmers use butterflies

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                                          Lost User
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                                          honey the codewitch wrote:

                                          C# is an example of a well designed grammar. Make is an example of a poorly designed grammar.

                                          As with most things in life, it depends on your point of view.

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